NGC 2616
| Galaxy NGC 2616 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 35 m 34.1 s |
| declination | -01 ° 51 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) 0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 163 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031128 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 9332 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.6 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2616 • UGC 4489 • PGC 24129 • CGCG 004-069 • MCG + 00-22-021 • 2MASX J08353408-0151002 • NVSS J083534-015100 • LDCE 578 NED005 • NSA 135304 | |
NGC 2616 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 410 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 514 , IC 515 , IC 516 , IC 517 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 9, 1886 .
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